emperors truth a vanitas of peaches and fruit with beetle license weight and sense of comfort

weight and sense of comfort all send the right signals

exhibition 'The house of the Nobleman' 2011

sustainably harvested cedar frame

and cosmological metaphor

emperors truth a vanitas of peaches and fruit with beetle license weight and sense of comfortThe Vanitas series revisits the still life tradition through an underwater photographic process, extending a lineage that emerged most prominently in seventeenth century Dutch painting. Working entirely in water, these compositions draw on historical motifs associated with mortality, transience, and the passage of time. Floral specimens, organic matter, and carefully selected objects are staged within a submerged environment where light, reflection,